420 On new insecti cores and VoJea. 



cases almost clay-colonred) edition of tlio same brown. 

 Ears fairly long for a Piti/my^^ projecting beyond the fur* 

 Upper surface of hands and feet dull whitish. Tail unusually 

 long for a member of this group, its upper surface blackish 

 brown, its lower side dull whitishj becoming rather darker 

 terminally. Mamnire 1 — 2 = 6, the anterior pair level with 

 the hinder end of the sternum ; no trace of a pair further up 

 on the breast. 



Skull very similar to that of M. leponticus. Slightly lower 

 and flatter, the nasals a little more projected in front, so that 

 the incisors are less visible from al)ove; the zygomata rather 

 less boldly expanded ; the ])alatal foramen with their broadest 

 point further back, at about the level of the suture. 



Teeth with the same number of angles and spaces as in 

 leponticus, but there is an unusual tendency for the spaces to 

 communicate with each other instead of being closed. Tiius 

 the second and third spaces of m^ and the same spaces of w' 

 are commonly connected. Then in Wj, not only is there the 

 usual characteristic connection between the fifth and sixth 

 from the back, but the second and tliird from the back are 

 also commonly open, as also are the two middle spaces of m^. 

 Anterior angles of »?i, outer and inner, more strongly 

 developed than in leponticus, practically equalling the angles 

 behind them, thus making 6 internal and 5 external equally 

 jnojecting angles ; the antero-external one peculiarly turned 

 down and pressed close to the second. 



In some specimens there is a tendency to an additional 

 posterior angle on m^, attaining in No. 2237 almost to the size 

 of the extra lobes of J7. agrestis. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 97 mm. ; tail 42; hind foot 17 ; ear 10. 



Other examples have head and body 94, 98, 100, 103, 

 105 mm., with tails respectively 37, 37, 44, 45, and 39 mm. 



Skull : length in middle line 24 ; basilar length 21*2 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 13"8; palatal foramina 4*1; length of 

 upper tooth-row 5*7. 



Hah. Scalita and Suraela, south of Trebizond. Altitude 

 700-1300 m. Type from Sumela. 



Type. Male. 13. M. no. G. 3. 6. ]48. Original number 

 2085. Collected 29 October, 1905. Many specimens. 



No member of Pitymys has been described from this region, 

 while those geographically nearest, such as M. Thomasi, 

 Major, belong to the short-tailed group, and are widely 

 different in the shape of the skull. Tlie nearest allies of 

 M. Majori appear to be the group of species to which the 

 N. -Italian M. leponticus belong, and I have therefore drawn 

 the description in contrast to that, of which the Museum 



